As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are 36 in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son 37 .
Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has 38 plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know 39 he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.
Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was 40 a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have 41 jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.
The boy seems to take no interest 42 learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is, 43 , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as 44 as he is.
In the evening, when his parents 45 him to speak with me in English, he gets 46 . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops 47 , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese, 48 . He speaks in his own language.
He 49 not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother 50 can speak in gibberish(胡言乱语) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.
A．both B．all C．either D．none
A．drawing B．Chinese C．English D．playing
A．a hundred of B．hundreds of C．hundred of D．hundreds
A．when B．what C．where D．that
A．hardly B．never C．usually D．almost
A．more B．fewer C．better D．worse
A．with B．in C．for D．on
A．after all B．at all C．first of all D．all the time
A．busily B．busiest C．busier D．busy
A．make B．push C．have D．let
A．frustrated B．relaxed C．pleased D．injured
A．move B．to move C．moving D．moved
A．too B．also C．as well D．either
A．can B．may C．must D．need
A．who B．whom C．whose D．which
New Year’s Day, many people eat special foods for good luck. In Spain and some Latin American countries, peopletwelve grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve. One grape is good luck in _month of the new year. Chinese people eat . Some have coins inside.tries to find the coin for luck and money in the new year. Of course they don’t eat the .Japanese eat noodles on New Year’s Eve and their birthdays.may bring them good luck and life.A. OnB. In C. For
A. are eatingB. eats C. eat
A. withB. for C. to
A. everyB. any C. each
A. dumplingsB. hot dogC. hamburgers
A. NobodyB. Everybody C. Somebody
A foodB. dumplingsC. coin
A. peopleB. man C. children
A WhatB. This C. It
A. shortB. long C. large
Hello Sandy,
We have just come back from our vacation. We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to the Yorkshire Moors. This is a beautiful place. It is a park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills, miles of grassland with people, just sheep and birds.
Edward, who had just come out of , could not walk as far as he used to. However this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then at a cafe for lunch each day before going back to the place we lived. Edward and I in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for walk. Very pleasant!
Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It was very (we usually expect snow in January). It was all day, then snowed in the evening. Today we have bright sunshine!
Both Jenny and I are well. I don’t know if I told you in the last , that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice and she is the work.
Please write to tell us your news.
Yours,
Victor
A．history B．city C．dangerous D．natural
A．many B．tall C．no D．handsome
A．hospital B．restaurant C．bank D．library
A．cooked B．stopped C．fed D．grew
A．climbed B．jumped C．slept D．heard
A．other B．others C．each D．another
A．early B．luckily C．easily D．quickly
A．snowy B．rainy C．sunny D．warm
A．story B．book C．e-mail D．paper
A．visiting B．paying C．ordering D．enjoying
Dear Xiao Lu,
It’s winter in Harbin. The is windy and snowy. People are wearing hats and sweaters, but they’re having fun. Friends are Russian bread to take home. In a park, some boys are playing in the snow. One girl is on a river and a man is a photo of a snowman.
I you.
Kate
A．air B．country C．street D．weather
A．making B．cooking C．buying D．picking
A．skating B．swimming C．camping D．staying
A．drawing B．taking C．describing D．blowing
A．like B．worry C．miss D．answer
When we drive or walk on the road , we can see many traffic signs on sides(边) of the road or streets. Some of them tell us what to do, others tell us what not to do. Traffic signs are traffic rules. We must obey .
There_ much traffic on the road in big cities. So it’s very important(重要的) the traffic rules. If a driver wants to his car. The right place is the parking lot . does a driver find a parking lot ? The traf fic sign “P” can help him .“P” is the _ letter of the word “Park”. It tells you that you can park your car there.
If you go to school or work _every day , you must be very careful, too, or you’ll have an accident . You can’t ride too __ . You must never cross the road when the traffic light is red..
A．every B．each C．all D．both
A．but B．and C．because D．so
A．him B．it C．they D．them
A．is B．are C．have D．has
A．to obey B．obey C．obeying D．obeys
A．drive B．park C．change D．begin
A．What B．Which C．How D．When
A．fisrt B．one C．once D．twice
A．by bus B．by bike C．on a train D．take the bus
A．fast B．much C．often D．well
完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)
Do you know Lisa King？She is my good friend．She is ________ Australia．Her family _______ all in China now．Her ________ teaches English in No．2 Middle School．Her mother is an English teacher in that school，_______．Her brother，David，is a student in our school．He is learning Chinese．He often _______ us English and we usually teach him ________．His parents are studying Chinese history．They like ________ very much．
Look，Mr King is sitting on the sofa(沙发)．He is ________ a Chinese book．Mrs King is watching TV．David is washing ________ clothes．Where is Lisa？She is in the ________．She is cooking．What a happy family it is！
A．from B．in C．to D．on
A．am B．is C．are D．were
A．sister B．brother C．father D．parent
A．to B．too C．also D．either
A．teaches B．tells C．speaks D．says
A．English B．Chinese C．history D．math
A．Japan B．England C．China D．USA
A．seeing B．looking C．reading D．watching
A．a B．her C．his D．theirs
A．kitchen B．bedroom C．sitting room D．living room